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It is republished here with permission from the author.] By John DellOnce upon a time, President Ronald Reagan visited Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology to celebrate the creation of a school for students likely bound, by interest and aptitude, for productive lives as scientists,jonatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353221229629108025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538477341027838672.post-30333973338429845472012-05-14T08:40:00.000-07:002012-06-09T16:50:13.337-07:00America's math problem: What is it, why do we have it, and what will it do to America?[Note from Laurie Rogers: On May 1, a Spokane high school student asked if she could interview me for a pre-AP English paper she was writing on mathematics instruction. Below are her questions and my responses. This student received feedback from others on her questions and decided against posting her essay. It's too bad. It is a good essay.]By Laurie H. Rogers1) What do you jonatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353221229629108025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538477341027838672.post-72213212764719526672012-05-06T20:29:00.000-07:002012-06-09T16:50:13.337-07:00Common Core research is "just another piece of misleading advocacy"By Ze'ev Wurman"What Schmidt is doing here borders on the dishonest." - Ze'ev WurmanLast week Bill Schmidt, of Michigan State University, rolled out in a highly publicized national press event the “key conclusions” from his recent research. We can’t see any of the underlying research, as Schmidt did not publish it. 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Rogers"There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press." ~Mark Twain“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” ~Malcolm XIt’s true; the media have the power to destroy. But their real job is to jonatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353221229629108025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538477341027838672.post-24002054621401218872012-04-11T15:35:00.000-07:002012-06-09T16:50:13.337-07:00Has constructivism increased special-education enrollment in public schools?By Nakonia (Niki) Hayes As a teacher and administrator for 28 years, I rebelled against the disastrous fad of constructivism that began in the 1980’s. While its drumbeaters declared it was a higher form of intellectualism, it didn’t seem all that “intelligent” to me. 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I mentioned it to a woman at the counter, and she took it jonatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353221229629108025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538477341027838672.post-15828837109835086812012-01-06T16:49:00.000-08:002012-06-09T16:50:13.339-07:00Print media display political agenda and poor skills in attacking Spokane teacherBy Laurie H. RogersThis article is third in a series of articles regarding media coverage of public education. This article and its predecessors in the series articulate part of the reason we need a new and better news source.Instead of discussing the myriad legal and academic issues currently surrounding Spokane Public Schools, the editors for the daily newspaper The jonatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353221229629108025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538477341027838672.post-31355881729743436132011-12-28T08:37:00.000-08:002012-06-09T16:50:13.339-07:00Paper declines to inform voters about critical school-district election issuesBy Laurie H. RogersThis article is second in a series of articles regarding media coverage of public education. This article and its predecessor in the series show that Spokesman-Review coverage of the 2011 school-board election in Spokane was biased in favor of a particular candidate and a particular agenda.On Sept. 28, I filed a Public Disclosure Commission complaint regarding jonatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353221229629108025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538477341027838672.post-55531069358093086472011-12-25T22:51:00.000-08:002012-06-09T16:50:13.339-07:00Paper pursues a political agenda as it accuses teacher of pursuing a political agendaBy Laurie H. RogersIt’s dangerous to be away. I briefly left the country a few weeks ago, and while I was gone, the district superintendent announced her retirement and The Spokesman-Review (SR) launched what I see as a media “lynching” of a local high school teacher.Did you read about the attack on Jennifer Walther, an Advanced Placement English teacher at Ferris High School in jonatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353221229629108025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538477341027838672.post-49595468699669539512011-11-13T07:19:00.000-08:002012-06-09T16:50:13.339-07:00Spokane Public Schools is a "tale of two cities" - and I live in the other one[Updated Nov. 30 to specify proposed 2012 levy amount.]By Laurie H. RogersOn Nov. 10, Spokane Public Schools hosted a lovely “Breakfast for Community Leaders.” The district’s goal was to assure well-connected and like-minded folks in the city that – as the district put it – it’s “better preparing all students for success after graduation.” A few students also were brought in to “share their jonatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353221229629108025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538477341027838672.post-46108394191855415442011-11-08T16:13:00.000-08:002012-06-09T16:50:13.339-07:00PDC launching a formal investigation regarding Spokane Public SchoolsBy Laurie H. RogersThe Public Disclosure Commission notified me today that, pursuant to my filing of a complaint Sept. 28 with respect to Spokane Public Schools, the Commission is launching a formal investigation. My complaint focuses on two issues: the district's dealings with school board candidate Deana Brower, and the district's activities with respect to the 2009 bond and levy ballot jonatanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353221229629108025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8538477341027838672.post-69814281441493661052011-10-31T17:35:00.000-07:002012-06-09T16:50:13.339-07:00Vote for those whose allegiance is to the peopleBy Laurie H. RogersThank you to all community members who worked so hard this campaign season to inform the public about local political races. You helped fill a huge gap in your community, and your efforts are deeply appreciated by citizens who care about the truth.A fundamental difference between political candidates is found in their language. 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